Lesson 11
Lesson 11
Singapore
Cooperative
or
Collaborative
learning is learning by small
groups of student who work
together in a common learning
task. It is often also called group
learning
but
to
be
truly
cooperative
learning,
five
(5)
elements are needed:
1. A common goal
2. Interdependence
3. Interaction
4. Individual accountability
And
given
the
option
to
work
individually or in group, the students
generally wish to work together in
computer-based
and
non-computerbased activities. Reflecting on this
phenomenon, psychologist think the
computer fosters this positive social
behavior due to the fact that it has a
display monitor-just like a television setthat is looked upon as something
communal.
Therefore researchers agree that the
computer is fairly natural learning
vehicle for cooperative (at times called
Components
learning
of
cooperative
These are :